Author: Jewitt, Llewellynn [1816 - 1886]
Title: The FIRST SERIES Of The MOUNTAIN, RIVER, LAKE, And LANDSCAPE SCENERY Of GREAT BRITAIN; Comprising a Selection of Sixty Exquisitely Coloured Views of Some of the Most Noted and Picturesque Scenes in England and Wales, Executed in the Highest Style of Art, with Descriptive Letterpress. Volume III
Description: Leeds: D. Banks, 11, Queen Street, 1878. 1st Edition. Original publisher's green cloth binding with black & gilt stamping. Bevelled boards. AEG. Yellow eps. 15 full color, chromolithographed plates, with each plate accompanied by a captioned guard sheet and two pages of text. Complete list of plates supplied on request. Folio. 14-3/4" x 10-7/8". Light wear at the extremities, but overall square & tight. a bright VG+ copy. The first two volumes of this set published in 1870, with this 3rd coming 8 years later. Date of publication deduced from a quotation in 'The Life and Death of Llewellynn Jewitt' by William Henry Goss, (1889), p. 326: "Here is a brief letter referring to his [Jewitt's] last volume of 'The Mountain Lake and Landscape Scenery of Great Britain' exhibiting in few words his kindness his joy and his sorrow: 'Winster Hall, December 23rd 1878: Will you do me the favour to accept Vol 3 of my 'Lakes' only out this day ..?' " RBH & ABPC show no copies at auction, or on offer, these last 30+ years. OCLC has lists just one institutional holding for the first two volumes, none for the third. Not found on COPAC. Not found in the NUC. Rare.

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